The Evidence of the Film

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The Evidence of the Film (1913)
Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser
4229807The Evidence of the Film1913Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser

The dishonest broker plots to outwit his client.

W. H. WATSONPRIVATE

Mr Henry Watson,
Sir:—
Unless you return my
$20,000 in bonds by to morrow,
I will begin criminal proceedings.
Very truly,
(Mrs.) Caroline Livingston.

The moving picture company at work.

THe "dummy" package is given to the messenger boy.

The broker has witnesses to prove his innocence.

Some days later.


The evidence of the film.

  [THAN]HOUSER C[OMPANY] [THANHO]USER COM[PANY]

The detectives see the picture.

The innocent is freed.

The
End


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1913, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:

  • The principal director
  • The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
  • The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
  • The cinematographer
  • By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot

The longest-living of these authors died in 1956, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 67 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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